Trade relationship between Tanzania and Algeria is historical

The Algerian ambassador to Tanzania His Excellency Djelloul Tabet shaking hands with Anne Makinda, the Speaker of the National Assembly in Dar es Salaam recently

By Nasser Kigwangallah

THE bilateral ties between Tanzania and Algeria is historical based on personal friendship of founder presidents Ahmed Ben Bella of the Republic of Algeria and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of the United Republic of Tanzania.

This was revealed by his Excellency Djelloul Tabet, honourable ambassador of the Embassy of Algeria to Tanzania in an exclusive interview in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

He said the cultural, political and trade relationship between the two countries started a long time ago and has continued to expand from time to time.

According to him, Algeria sided with Tanzania during the hard times when it went to war with Uganda in the 1978/79 Kagera war imposed by Iddi Amin.

“The two countries have set up a joint committee to review the existing cooperation in trade, finance and cultural undertakings so as to expand it further for the benefit of the peoples of the two respective countries,” he said.

He added that delegates from the two countries had a joint meeting in Dar es Salaam  in the year 2010 and drew a road map of implementation on the trade ties and how matters should be implemented.

“Algeria provides sixty scholarships to Tanzanian students each year who go to Algeria to study in different fields such as engineering, medicines and vocational trainings,” he said.

He said there are more than 1000 Tanzanians have studied in Algeria and are now offering their humble services to their brothers and sisters in Tanzania.

The ambassador said these students are the ambassadors of the relationship between Algeria and Tanzania because they know much about Algeria and its people.

“They have formed an organization called Tanzania and Algeria Friendship Association (TAFA) which unites them with their Algerian counterparts in Dar es Salaam,” he said.

He said Algeria is also committed to the development of Africa and supports all resolutions at the international fora that aimed at highlighting the plight of Africa and its people.

The ambasaador said: “As a non aligned movement (NAM) member, Algeria has been at the forefront to ensure that all interests of Africa are taken into consideration to ensure peace, stability and progress of the continent is preserved.”

He appreciated the stand Tanzania takes on its foreign relations with the rest of the world.

However, ambassador Tabet said that he was not satisfied with the level of trade between the two countries and wants it to be expanded further.

“In order to tackle all the issues of trade imbalances and the exchange of goods, Algerian businessmen visited Tanzania recently to explore ways of expanding; particularly in agriculture, that would enable production of more food for the consumption of the local people,” he said.

  

Ambassador of Algeria to Tanzania, His Excellency Djelloul Tabet shaking hands with Anne Makinda, the Speaker of the National Assembly in Dar es Salaam recently

By Nasser Kigwangallah

THE bilateral ties between Tanzania and Algeria is historical based on personal friendship of founder presidents Ahmed Ben Bella of the Republic of Algeria and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere of the United Republic of Tanzania.

This was revealed by his Excellency Djelloul Tabet, honourable ambassador of the Embassy of Algeria to Tanzania in an exclusive interview in Dar es Salaam yesterday.

He said the cultural, political and trade relationship between the two countries started a long time ago and has continued to expand from time to time.

According to him, Algeria sided with Tanzania during the hard times when it went to war with Uganda in the 1978/79 Kagera war imposed by Iddi Amin.

“The two countries have set up a joint committee to review the existing cooperation in trade, finance and cultural undertakings so as to expand it further for the benefit of the peoples of the two respective countries,” he said.

He added that delegates from the two countries had a joint meeting in Dar es Salaam  in the year 2010 and drew a road map of implementation on the trade ties and how matters should be implemented.

“Algeria provides sixty scholarships to Tanzanian students each year who go to Algeria to study in different fields such as engineering, medicines and vocational trainings,” he said.

He said there are more than 1000 Tanzanians have studied in Algeria and are now offering their humble services to their brothers and sisters in Tanzania.

The ambassador said these students are the ambassadors of the relationship between Algeria and Tanzania because they know much about Algeria and its people.

“They have formed an organization called Tanzania and Algeria Friendship Association (TAFA) which unites them with their Algerian counterparts in Dar es Salaam,” he said.

He said Algeria is also committed to the development of Africa and supports all resolutions at the international fora that aimed at highlighting the plight of Africa and its people.

The ambasaador said: “As a non aligned movement (NAM) member, Algeria has been at the forefront to ensure that all interests of Africa are taken into consideration to ensure peace, stability and progress of the continent is preserved.”

He appreciated the stand Tanzania takes on its foreign relations with the rest of the world.

However, ambassador Tabet said that he was not satisfied with the level of trade between the two countries and wants it to be expanded further.

“In order to tackle all the issues of trade imbalances and the exchange of goods, Algerian businessmen visited Tanzania recently to explore ways of expanding; particularly in agriculture, that would enable production of more food for the consumption of the local people,” he said.

  

Iran in Dar es Salaam celebrates its 34th anniversary of the Islamic revolution with pomp and prestige

His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania with His Excellency Mahdi Agha Jafari, the ambassador of Islamic Repulic of Iran at the state house in Dar es Salaam recenly

By Nasser Kigwangallah

IRAN has pursued a foreign policy of fostering good relations with its neighbours and under any circumstances whatsoever; it has not invaded any country at all.

These remarks were made in Dar es Salaam by his Excellency Mahdi Agha Jafari,  the honourable ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Tanzania on Saturday February 9^th, 2013 to mark the 34^th anniversary of the Islamic revolution of Iran.

Every 9^th of February each year, Iran celebrates as a symbol of victory in which Iranian people, under the leadership of Imam Ayatullah Khomeini, overthrew the brutal regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi.

This was on 9^th February, 1979 and the Islamic political system was established, which exists even today.

The grand occasion was held at the ambassador’s residence and was attended by heads of diplomatic missions based in Dar es Salaam, distinguished guests including the second phase president Sheikh Ally Hasan Mwinyi and Muslim clerics from local Islamic institutions as well as from abroad.

Ambassador Jafari, in his key note address said the Iranian revolution introduced to the entire world a pattern of democracy based on religious rule of the people.

He remarked: “Regarding domestic developments, Iran has grown up to be one of the pioneers of scientific and technological advancement and is now one of the leading countries in the world ranking tenth.”

He added that Iran is the 13^th country to be ranked on scientific productions.

On Iran and Tanzania bilateral ties, ambassador Jafari reiterated his country’s readiness to advance it further and hopes the exchange programme to continue.

“Our bilateral ties between the two countries are historical and would continue to expand further in the years to come,” he said.

He said in the recent years there has been regular visits between high ranking government officials such as vice presidents and other senior government officials of the two brotherly countries.

Ambassador Jafari said Iran will continue placing Tanzania on its relations in a number of fields such as economic, culture and exchange programmes that benefit the people of the two respective countries.

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His Excellency Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with Mahdi Agha Jafari at state house in Dar es Salaam recently

By Nasser Kigwangallah

IRAN has pursued a foreign policy of fostering good relations with its neighbours and under any circumstances whatsoever; it has not invaded any country at all.

These remarks were made in Dar es Salaam by his Excellency Mahdi Agha Jafari,  the honourable ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Tanzania on Saturday February 9^th, 2013 to mark the 34^th anniversary of the Islamic revolution of Iran.

Every 9^th of February each year, Iran celebrates as a symbol of victory in which Iranian people, under the leadership of Imam Ayatullah Khomeini, overthrew the brutal regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi.

This was on 9^th February, 1979 and the Islamic political system was established, which exists even today.

The grand occasion was held at the ambassador’s residence and was attended by heads of diplomatic missions based in Dar es Salaam, distinguished guests including the second phase president Sheikh Ally Hasan Mwinyi and Muslim clerics from local Islamic institutions as well as from abroad.

Ambassador Jafari, in his key note address said the Iranian revolution introduced to the entire world a pattern of democracy based on religious rule of the people.

He remarked: “Regarding domestic developments, Iran has grown up to be one of the pioneers of scientific and technological advancement and is now one of the leading countries in the world ranking tenth.”

He added that Iran is the 13^th country to be ranked on scientific productions.

On Iran and Tanzania bilateral ties, ambassador Jafari reiterated his country’s readiness to advance it further and hopes the exchange programme to continue.

“Our bilateral ties between the two countries are historical and would continue to expand further in the years to come,” he said.

He said in the recent years there has been regular visits between high ranking government officials such as vice presidents and other senior government officials of the two brotherly countries.

Ambassador Jafari said Iran will continue placing Tanzania on its relations in a number of fields such as economic, culture and exchange programmes that benefit the people of the two respective countries.

Palestine gets an observer sit at the UN

                               Dr Nasri Abujaish, Ambassador of the State of Palestine Tanzania

                                                         

 THE Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Tanzania Dr Nasri Abu Jaish has praised Tanzanian's role in the struggle for the independence of Palestine since time immemorial.

"I would like to thank all the 138 countries that voted in favour of the State of Palestine. They are from Africa, Asia, South and Latin America and part of Europe," he said.

He added that in particular he would like to  express his sincere gratitude to Tanzania for the principled stand they took by voting in favor of the State of Palestine.By so doing they have once again demonstrated the historic solidarity between the people of Tanzania and Palestine

Dr Nasri was speaking to journalists in his office in Dar es Salaam on Friday afternoon.

According to him, Palestinians, with peace and freedom lovers all over the world,  are today celebrating the historic victory after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted overwhelmingly to upgrade State of Palestine  to non-member state.

Yesterday, November 29, 2012  the UN voted 138 in favour Palestine.  The vote is a long-sought victory for the Palestine which has at last been granted its birth certificate after 65 years of resistence against Israeli occupation, confiscation, expulsion and genocide. With this vote the State of Palestine can now live peacefully and side by side with Israel.

Unfortunately eight countries voted against the resolution and 41 abstained. This goes againt their principle of democracy and human rights. While they claim to stand for freedom of the nations they deny the same to Palestinians.

Sixty-five years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 181, which partitioned the land of historic Palestine into two states and this became the birth certificate for Israel. Yesterday the General Assembly issued a birth certificate of the reality of the State of Palestine.

It is a global victory for human rights, freedom, national self-determination, peace and justice. With this the world says “enough of occupation and oppression”

Having earned the non-member state status, Palestine will now have access to UN agencies and the International Criminal Court where it could prosecute Israel for its war crimes and crime against humanity. Political prisoners will now be treated as prisoners of war (POW) under the 4th Geneva Convension. 

With yesterday’s UNGA vote Israeli occupation is effectively defeated and the State of Palestine and the Palestinians have won. It clearly shows that the world  has sided with justice and peace and is against the occupation.

We now hope that with the enhancement of the State of Palestine  the Security Council will respond to the resolution submitted in 2011 to grant Palestine full membership in the UN and reafirm its intention to achieve a two-state solution based on the pre-1967 borders.

With this new situation, we are now ready to resume the negotiation with Israel on issues of illegal settlements, Jerusalem, borders, refugees, water and other resources.

POLISI NA CHUKI YAKE KWA WAISLAMU

SHEIKH FARID WA ANZIBAR AONEKANA MAFICHONI

UNYAMA WA VYOMBO VYA DOLA KWA WAISLAMU TANZANIA

Forum Syd organises a Stakeholders's Social Accountability workshop in Dar

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   Mr Godfrey Wawa, the Forum Syd Tanzania country Manager
   By Nasser Kigwangallah
   FORUM SYD, in colaaboration with Policy Forum and MS-TCDC has launched a three year social accountability programme aimed at making an informed decision on which interventions to apply and how they should be prioritised.
   Speaking to journalists on the side line iof a one day Stakeholders' Social and Accountability Workshop held in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Godfrey Wawa, the Forum Syd country mamanger for Tanzania said they commissioned a baseline study in the districts in which the programme operates.
   He said the report focuses on the three pre-selected districts within the target regions and provides recommendations on appropriate interventions and benchmarks against which future progress can be measured and evaluated. 
   The report of a very innovative social accountability benchmarking process can be read not only for the input it makes into a developing programme but for lessons of replicability by agencies in other countries across Africa.
   "For a successful delivery of the programme,  it is important for Forum Syd to understand that they are entering districts where community members have low trust in their service providers, private sector companies and CSOs with regards to social accountability.," he said.
   He continued to say that a program that deals with accountability issues should have a carefully planned entry process.  In order to avoid continued dissatisfaction with the delivery of social accountability it is important to win the public’s confidence, emphasis should be placed on community sensitisation with the aim of changing peoples’ attitudes and perception to stakeholders. 
   After three years there should also be a planned exit strategy to enable sustainability of social accountability in the districts and avoid jeopardising the publics’ trust He called on Local Government Authorities, private sector and CSOs to work towards creating an enabling environment in which the communities contribute to public policies and plans. 
   According to him, this secures buy in from the people that will be affected by the decisions. This can be done through strengthening the capacities of CSOs and communities to increase transparency in the intervention.
   He added that another alternative can be through CSOs or community representatives attending working groups or stakeholder forums where public policy issues are debated.
   Forum Syd should secure buy in from all stakeholders to support the process in order to give the Program legitimacy. 
   This should be done through signing Memorandums of Understanding with Local Government Authorities and CSOs.
   Communities should be trained to become responsive local governance actors as active engagement is crucial for there to be a well functioning social accountability process.
   It is recommended that the social accountability mechanisms are used in the capacity building of communities, enabling members to understand their purpose and how best to use them. 
   To further enhance the communities’ currently weak understanding of how the CSOs’ can contribute to social accountability it is recommended for communities to be trained in the meaning of accountability. 
   Meanwhile, CSOs should receive training to strengthen their understanding on how best to work with accountability and receive guidance on how to best position themselves as valuable stakeholders. Social accountability should be mainstreamed in areas of interventions.
   As social accountability depends on active engagement from the communities it is important to drive behavioural change. It is therefore recommended that youth and as the next generation of voters, should be educated of their rights and obligations. Educating them will indirectly influence their families and by doing so reach a greater number of beneficiaries.
   Ccommunity participation numbers are important as benchmarks against which future participation can be measured. In a democratic process one should always strive for full and meaningful participation, which is not manageable or realistic in a three year period. 
   The number of participants should however increase on an annual basis as a result of social accountability interventions.
   
   

Vodacom Tanzania launches Faraja Bima in Dar es Salaam

Mr. Rene Meza, the Vodacom Tanzania General Manager

THE necessity of Insurance to business entities as well as ordinary people, Vodacom Tanzania in collaboration with Heritage Insurance Company have launched an Insurance agency dubbed as ‘Faraja Insurance’ (Faraja Bima) for its customers in Tanzania.

The colourful event was held at Kilimanjaro Hotel  yesterday in Dar es Salaam and launched by the Finance Minister William Mgimwa and by Vodacom Tanzania’s Managing Director, Rene Meza during the launch of the Insurance service.

He said that through the insurance service, Vodacom users can buy insurance plans and pay for their premiums electronically through M-PESA.

“Faraja Insurance will give individuals the option of changing or upgrading their insurance policies as their needs and budgets change,” said Meza.

He said through M-PESA services users can pay for Faraja Insurance ranging from Shs 2,000/= to Shs 9,800/= per month, adding that benefits will range from Shs 500,000/= to Shs 800,000/= for those who join the service.

Meza further added that all customers who conduct at least 10 M-PESA money transfers a month, will receive free insurance cover worth Shs 200,000/= in the following month.

“M-PESA customers can join the service by dialing the M-PESA menu, *150*00# and select the insurance package to purchase and their preferred policy, within 72 hours, the claims will be directly transferred into the M-PESA account,” he clarified.

He also urged customers to ensure that they put their details accurately and understand the terms and conditions of Faraja Insurance through reading Faraja brochures, visiting M-PESA agents as well as Vodacom’s and Heritage Insurance Company’s websites.

For his part the Minister of Finance, Dr William Mgimwa congratulated the two companies for playing a significant role in improving financial services in our country.

“Now that you have merged in financial and insurance services; a positive impact in our economy should be expected as even people in rural areas can now access Insurance services,” he said.

However Mgimwa urged other telecommunication companies to improve their services for the interests of clients and asked other insurance companies to educate people on the whole concept of insurance services and make sure that insurance services are available throughout the country.

Women in Dar celebrate Women"s Day with a style

 

Ms Maria Goretti Idigo addreessing participants on Women's Day 

By  Nasser Kigwangallah
WOMEN entrepreneurs in the country have been urged to demonstrate their potential by indulging in business skills so as to excel in life.
The call to that effect was made by Dr Maria Idigo, the Power Team executive director when making her key note address to a function to celebrate Women's Day in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
She said challenges should not be the obstacle in reaching those intended goals and objectives.
“Women have got potential expertise to do remarkable things to surprise even men of highest calibre,” she said.
She said the search for true happiness through concerted efforts and personal pursuit should be encouraged by every woman in the society.
According to her most women entrepreneurs have manged to alleviate poverty and now were living the life of their dreams.
She however warned that women were getting problems in securing collateral in borrowing money from financial institutions such as banks etc, that hindered their businesses to grow.
She called on women to join Forever Living, a company that sells life saving products to get out of the poverty ring.
She said by selling Forever Living Products; one would be her great opportunityand a long journey to reach the intended goal.
On her part, Lightness Salema, an Independent Distributor and Lifestyle coach said: “Iam so proud to myself that despite of all difficulties, I managed to reach those dreams. I am very happy in my  decision to join the Forever Living Products.”
She said Forever gave her the opportunity to have a supplemental income. The best things she likes about in this Forever Business is having the freedom, enjoying what she was doing, meeting new friends; feeling healthier now, and happy helping others to improve both their health and their income.
“I truly believe that every great accomplishment begins with a vision, that is providing people the opportunity for better health and wealth,” she said.
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